The STACKS= statement for the CONFIG.SYS file was only needed
for DOS programs and Windows 3.x

Windows 95 does not require this entry anywhere.

I've picked up in the middle of this conversation and I get
the impression that the topic has wandered.  So if you
need more, please restate the original question/problem.

Jim Meagher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCSOFT - PC software discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Hurst
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 9:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Change Stacks in System.ini
>
>
> Ok Jim, the analogies make some sense, but where is the stacks
> ectry spposed to
> be..??  Does there have to be one.. or should there be  ?  As
> best i can tell i
> have no such entry anywhere.  Any advantages or disadvantages of
> having  (or
> not having)  a stacks entry ??
>
> Thanks
> Dave Hurst
>
> Jim Meagher wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PCSOFT - PC software discussion list
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Roy Schriftman, MS,
> > > MBA
> > >
> > > At 12:10 AM 4/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >Can someone expand on what the stack setting is all about..???
> > > >thanks,
> > > >Dave Hurst
> > > >
> > >
> > > Think of the stack as each time a process is started it takes
> a new piece
> > > of paper from the stack to record any data unique to the process.  The
> > > stack is the number of pieces of paper you start with.
> > >
> >
> > Yes and no.
> >
> > I like Roy's analogy to a stack of paper BUT...
> > He has it backwards.  When a piece of paper is written on, it is saved
> > TO the stack not taken off of it.